as in to stain
to make dirty
she accidentally smudged her collar with the lipstick
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as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace
the president's spouse must not have the slightest smudge of scandal
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Recent Examples of smudge
Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
Drying Your Nails At Home There is nothing more disheartening than taking time to paint your nails at home only to smudge them minutes later.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 17 Feb. 2025
But there were no smudges on her lenses — the player won the game’s top prize of $50,000 using a mix of birth dates and random numbers, according to lottery officials.
—Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
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Verb
One after the next, their headlights were blinding, an eraser smudging out the night.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
Drying Your Nails At Home There is nothing more disheartening than taking time to paint your nails at home only to smudge them minutes later.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
Editor's tip: For a smokier effect, gently blend it with your ring finger right after application—its lighter touch makes for a seamless smudge.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 17 Feb. 2025
But there were no smudges on her lenses — the player won the game’s top prize of $50,000 using a mix of birth dates and random numbers, according to lottery officials.
—Daniella Segura, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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Headless mannequins wearing the shirts of Marlon, William and Matheus Pereira — stained in red to resemble blood — were hung days after Cruzeiro’s penalty defeat to America MG in the Campeonato Mineiro semi-finals.—
Colin Millar,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Basically, color bleeding is when the dye of clothes seeps into the water during a wash cycles and stains other clothes in the load.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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These were the years in which capitalism shed its pitiless light on the absurd British soul, with its deep striations of caste and station, its postcolonial taint, most of all its perverted emotional core, full of love and loathing for its own extremes of domination and servitude.—
Rachel Cusk,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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The series is so cyclical - don’t let the current 2-7 9 year mark against the Irish taint the outlook of the series.—
Antonio Morales,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Instead of dirtying a larger pot for your supporting dishes, this quaint cooker will come in handy for quick (or slower simmering) concoctions while matching your kitchen atmosphere.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2025
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There, an opaque, baseball-size blot was visible on his imaging results.—
ByMeredith Wadman,
science.org,
16 Jan. 2025
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The cleaning process is the same as with wool rugs: blot with warm water, working from the outer edge inward.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2025
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The goal is for the top to become blackened while the center remains jiggly.—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
13 Feb. 2025
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By the end of January, the Palisades and Eaton fires had collectively burned more than 37,000 acres of land, blackened more than 1,500 structures, and claimed 29 lives, according to the New York Times.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Smudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smudge. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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